FICTION

'STORIES TO STAY AWAKE'

Genre: Horror, suspense

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 29

Duration: 50'

Date of issue: 1966-1982

Channel: TVE1

The series, nowadays considered cult, consists of independent episodes in which horror stories of renowned authors such as Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allan Poe are staged as well as original scripts by Ibañez Serrador himself, signed with the pseudonym Luis Peñafiel. Some of the chapters, such as the 'El asfalto' (asphalt) (Golden Nymph at the 1967 Monte Carlo Television Festival) or 'El trasplante' (the transplant) won important international awards.

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador got one of his Ondas awards in 1969 for best television writer.

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador got one of his Ondas awards in 1969 for best television writer.

'El cuervo', a biography of the last years of writer Edgar Allan Poe.

'El cuervo', a biography of the last years of writer Edgar Allan Poe.

'El trapero', with Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Amparo Baró, Aurora Redondo.

'El trapero', with Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Amparo Baró, Aurora Redondo.

THE LEGENDARY SERIES ENTAILED THE SUCCESS OF NARCISO IBÁÑEZ SERRADOR IN THE MEDIA

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador got the first of his Ondas awards in 1969 for best television writer by 'Stories to stay awake'. Some of the chapters, such as the 'El asfalto' (asphalt) (Golden Nymph at the 1967 Monte Carlo Television Festival) or 'El trasplante' (the transplant) won important international awards.

The most disturbing series of television history in Spain

‘Historias para no dormir’ (Stories to stay awake) began broadcasting in 1966 on TVE and marked a breakthrough in television narrative in our country because it addressed the horror genre for the first time on Spanish television.

Ibáñez Serrador who, besides directing and writing scripts (under the pseudonym of Luis Peñafiel), presented each episode in the style of Alfred Hitchcock or Rod Serling, the show featured a remarkable cast of actors, led by the creator’s father, Narciso Ibáñez Menta, along with, among others, Estanis González and José María Caffarel.

The regular Art director was Fernando Sáenz, who got inspiration from drawings by Antonio Mingote for both “El Asfalto and “El Trasplante”. The music was composed by Waldo de los Ríos.

List of ‘Historias para no dormir’:

1964: ‘El último reloj” (the last clock) (in the TV series “Tras la puerta cerrada”) 18 December. Special Mention at the International Television Festival of Monte Carlo.
1965: ‘NN23’ (was announced in the series ‘Mañana puede ser verdad’). 23 April. 2nd prize (Special Mention) at the International Television Festival Berlín for “high spiritual values it contains as well as for its excellent television expression”.
1966: Start of ‘Historias para no dormir’.

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The clip is produced by Prointel and co-starring the model, presenter and actress Adriana Abenia. Rash is the singer who stars in the pilot of the Prointel reality show 'Cielo con Diamantes' (Sky with Diamonds).

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